1.1 Billion Lack Clean Water Worldwide

United Nations Marks World Water Day

“The United Nations says more than 1.1 billion people around the world lack safe water and 2.4 billion have no access to sanitation, leading to over 3 million deaths every year.

“People who can turn on a tap and have safe and clean water to drink, to cook with and to bathe in often take it for granted, and yet more than 1 billion of our fellow human beings have little choice but to use potentially harmful sources of water,” said Dr. Lee Jong-Wook, head of the World Health Organization.” Read More